Featured Films
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Vernon Florida55minsVernon Florida55minsA documentary on the eccentric residents of Vernon, Florida.
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David Hoffman Interviews Bill Ferris2021David Hoffman Interviews Bill Ferris2021David Hoffman interviews filmmaker, folklorist, scholar Bill Ferris about his experiences making independent films in the 1970s. The interview captures the spirit of that time and…
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I Ain‘t Lying1975 | 22minsI Ain‘t Lying1975 | 22mins16mm color documentary based on fieldwork William Ferris conducted with African American storytellers and bluesmen in the communities of Leland and Rose Hill, Mississippi. The…
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Family Farm1973 | 6minsFamily Farm1973 | 6minsA day on the farm with the David and Ada Schwartz family in the Indiana Amish community.
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I‘ll Keep On Singing2010 | 55minsI‘ll Keep On Singing2010 | 55minsA comprehensive look ca. 2007 at southern gospel convention singing, an amateur, Christian, music-making and educational tradition that developed in rural America following the…